conozco las dificultadesI know (about) the difficulties;no conocía tus dotes de pintorI didn't know what a good painter you were;conocía la existencia de los documentosshe knew of the documents' existence;queremos conocer de cerca la situaciónwe want to get to know the situation at first hand;investigaciones destinadas a conocer la verdadinvestigations aimed at establishing the truth

ha conocido dos guerras mundialesshe has lived through two world wars;los muchos terremotos que ha conocido Italiathe many earthquakes there have been in Italy;todavía no ha conocido el amorhe's never known love

6(distinguir)to know;tell

conoce cuáles son buenos y cuáles maloshe knows o can tell which are good and which are bad

dio a conocer sus intencionesshe announced her intentions;she made her intentions known;dieron a conocer el ganador del premio a través de la radiothe prize was announced on the radio;no dieron a conocer su paradero por motivos de seguridadthey didn't reveal where they were staying for security reasons;los hechos se dieron a conocer en enerothe facts came to light in January

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